Talk:Erbar

Typeface reconstruction

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  like this example
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  Arkansas-similar in height:width ratio to Erbar Light Condensed; Hill House typeface has a very similar curled 2
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  Cuba-finial ends of characters are beveled instead of serifed
• all letters were used, note Cubans repainted their old plates so some letters do not clearly show underlying bevel
  all letters were used, note Cubans repainted their old plates so some letters do not clearly show underlying bevel
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  North Carolina-variable thicknesses, similar to Goudy's Lining Gothic design of 1921-changing direction-North Carolina changed stamping typefaces every 3-4 years, better to illustrate that
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  please note characters D and F tilt \, characters C, E, P, R, and the lower leg of J tilt /, B is a distinctive style, both legs of the H tilt inward at the top, and characters A, K, N, S, T, U, W, X and Y don't tilt, not certain if other letters were used
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  my crude mockup of end idea-without grey background-that's something my old MSPaint does
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  my crude mockup of end idea-without grey background-that's something my old MSPaint does
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  changing direction-North Carolina changed stamping typefaces every 3-4 years, better to illustrate that
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  my crude mockup of end idea-without grey background-that's something my old MSPaint does

Article(s)

Vehicle registration plates, FE-Schrift

Request

please make characters uniform like File:FE-Schrift.svg, sorry for my strange images and eyeballing … -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:47, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I have inverted some so all characters are darker than their background--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:29, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

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